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Topic: I GOT A JOB!!! (Read 5058 times)

After 1.5 years being out of work, I finally landed a job. A very good job, making more than I had before. I am very excited. It is amazing because 1) my cobra runs out this month and 2) unemployment being what it is would run out soon. I am so happy. I thank all who have listened to me rant about being unemployed for a while.

"I have tried hard--but life is difficult, and I am a very useless person. I can hardly be said to have an independent existence. I was just a screw or a cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else."

Congrats Pete on the new job -I agree with the others to treat yourself to a good dinner when you get the first check --If you don't have time to do this, you can always send me a gift card to treat myself to a good dinner Seriously - congrats 100-fold to you!

Good Pete -- I will move in with you and you can be my Sugar Daddy. That said, next time I'm up in your area let's get together for a drink... or well a Shirley Temple I'm SOOOOOO proud of you and I know a great relief has been lifted from you shoulders.

Good Pete -- I will move in with you and you can be my Sugar Daddy. That said, next time I'm up in your area let's get together for a drink... or well a Shirley Temple I'm SOOOOOO proud of you and I know a great relief has been lifted from you shoulders.

lulz... doesn't that actually work better? a sugah daddy that expects nothing in return?

I once had the chance of being this older guy's financial beneficiary, but the thought of having anything remotely sexual with him made me cringe. A certain acquaintance of mine went for it instead and was living like the queen of South Beach for about four years.

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"I have tried hard--but life is difficult, and I am a very useless person. I can hardly be said to have an independent existence. I was just a screw or a cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else."

Congratulations, Pete. Sounds like excellent timing -- and very cool that it's a great job for you.

Cheers,

Henry

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"Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love." - Butch Hancock, Musician, The Flatlanders

WASHINGTON – The Treasury Department says businesses have hired 5.6 million workers under a new program that provides tax breaks for hiring unemployed workers.

The report, however, does not estimate how many of those jobs would have been added without the tax break.President Barack Obama signed a law in March that exempts businesses hiring people who have been unemployed for at least 60 days from paying the 6.2 percent Social Security payroll tax through December. Employers get an additional $1,000 credit if new workers stay on the job a full year.

me too.. I think they knew that they'd have to pay unemployment, so they tried to give it back. ah well.

All employers pay unemployment tax as part of their normal payroll expenses, it's not like they have to pay extra when someone they employ gets unemployment benefits, those funds don't come directly from the employer.

So it must be that they like you or that they realized someone else might be a hassle to train or cost them more or something.

All employers pay unemployment tax as part of their normal payroll expenses, it's not like they have to pay extra when someone they employ gets unemployment benefits, those funds don't come directly from the employer.

So it must be that they like you or that they realized someone else might be a hassle to train or cost them more or something.

You may be correct, but I wonder why they always contest the unemployment when they fire someone? I've been fired and know others who've been fired. In my case and the others, they always contest it and send HR reps and/or lawyers to the hearing. They must go to that work and expense for some reason. The state almost always seems to rule in favor of the employee unless they did something really, really bad--at least here in KY.

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Granny60

We contest unemployment benefits because the premium you pay is adjusted upward the more claims your past employees make. Employers with the least turnover pay the lowest rates. Unemployment taxes for seasonal job can be brutal. When a person uses up all his benefits that are linked to the employer which he filed against, they move down the line to the next previous employer and that can cause the rates that guy has to pay on all the current employees to go up. If a person is fired for stealing, fighting on the job or something similar, that is a justifiable termination, another reason to protest. The thief should not be rewarded to sit on his ass and draw benefits for stealing. You pay 8% or your payroll for unemployment tax, but if a lot of past employees file you may go as high as 30% which is the most I have heard anyone ever pay. If you pay $13.00 per hour and 8% unemployment tax a 40 hour costs $41.60 per week tax. If you pay 18% tax, the same employee costs you $93.60 tax. 7 employees can turn into a bunch of money real quick. Hope this helps explain things. Workman's compensation insurance costs work exactly the same way.